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From: mathnews@watdcsu.UUCP (mathNEWS)
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Subject: Re: The best graffito I've ever seen...
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Date: Wed, 3-Apr-85 15:22:41 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr  3 15:22:41 1985
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Summary: 

In article <269@rtech.ARPA> jeff@rtech.ARPA (Jeff Lichtman) writes:
>Seen on the UC Berkeley campus:
>
>	The square root of 3 equals 2 for values of 3 very close to 4.

This is related to Murphy's Mathematical Axiom, which states:

	For very large values of 1, 1 equals 2, for very small values
	of 2.

                                                    dwarf

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